Republicans: Obama speech a ‘retreat’ from terror fight

Republican lawmakers warned that President Barack Obama capitulated to US enemies in his counterterrorism speech Thursday by renewing his call to close Guantanamo and retreating to a pre-9/11 mindset. Some of his critics on Capitol Hill appeared taken aback that Obama argued that Al-Qaeda in Pakistan…

Frankly Scarlet, I don’t give a damn what any of these politicians say. Speeches are the tip of the iceberg, the 75% below sight is what counts. Walking the walk is more important than talking the talk. I like that after all the commenters have said that drones and Gitmo may be creating more enemies than we kill, has finally been voiced publically by Obama. Of course it may not be wise to keep the high level of counter-terrorism that 9/11 engendered and the fact that the old AQ leadership and structure has been seriously hurt, but this is a new phase of AQ and the like and we need to remain vigilant and adapt to the newer types of splintered smaller threats. That’s where the government’s efforts should be quiet and effective instead of loud and ballyhooed; just do it, cause bad PR also creates new enemies.
The Rep critics could be all wrong if the silent war continues, but hey are responding to a “perceived” sign of weakness. My hope is that there is a iron fist inside Obama’s kid glove.
Sorry for such a long-winded comment.

Once again a senior GOP legislator proves he has no idea what he is talking about. Guess if we aren’t blowing up nations or racking up a body count nothing it getting done. How dare Obama try to bring some sanity back, imply we are going to put more emphasis on human rights and normalcy instead of waging and unrelenting war and detainment!

There are many areas where Obama has let me down. Killing terrorists and taking out AQ is not one of them. The GOP has no idea what it is talking about. It’s like arguing with children.

Isn’t the Republican response just another attempt to try to regain lost ground on national security?? They will never signal that we can partially dismantle any of the defenses that we’ve built up since 9/11– since that is all they have to run on